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| Spawn859:
thsi guy has some good ideas and info about building relay power supplies..... http://www.macnauchtan.com/card/index.html at the bottom of his page he also has a link on how to install a relay into an existing powerstrip. very good read, could build a relay for about $12.00 i figure...you could also probably added another recepticle or two i would think.... |
| CM:
There is this thread too: http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=4681 This has links to commercially available ones as well as a self-built one: http://home.bendcable.com/werstlein/ I built this one and used it for a long time with no problem .. then ordered a smartstrip, I prefer the smartstrip for fire-hazard fears ;) |
| REBIRTH:
I've always wondered what the big deal was to everyone to get a power strip to turn everything on/off with one button. I have a regualr old power stip that I just extended the power button out to a button on the top of the cabinet - push it, everything goes on, windows boots up and my front end comes up automoatically - so turning the arcade on is one step, just puching that button. Turning it off, I just shut down windows and hit the button and everything shuts off. The only time saver a smartstrip or the like I can see having is that on shut down, when you boot out of windows it would turn everything off when the computer went off - so you wouldn't have to hit the power switch on boot down? I'm curious as to if that is the only tiny step people are trying to avoid? |
| NiN^_^NiN:
This is what there trying to escape this is what will happen with my cab i push the powerbutton off on my pc it shuts down but i still have my amp my tv and marquee light on and opening the coin door to shut everything off dosent make it look great to some1 who is looking at it do you get where im going with this? I wish the damn powerboards had a switch to turn the whole powerboard off. i know u can get powerboards with switches on all of the plugs but i dont want to switch off 2 or 3 plugs just 1 button that shuts the pc down then turns it all off its a great idea wish i could do it :( |
| 1UP:
I second what NiN^_^NiN said. It's a lot more professional (and more convenient) to hit one button and have your entire cab, monitor, lights, extra devices etc, power down. I've gotten scraped so many times trying to reach switches inside my cab thru the coin door, so I really like the whole relay switch setup. I also recently hooked up a reset switch on the back of my coin door, so if my PC crashes, I don't have to climb behind the cab every time. It's so easy to hook up, why wouldn't you? It's four solder points and done. I even managed to fit the entire relay inside my power strip, so the only giveaway that it's not a normal strip are the two wires going out the side to the PC power supply. Another good thing about having one button on top that shuts it all down is that I can set my PC to hibernate instead of shutting down, so bootup is faster, and everything in Windows is still how I left it, rather than in the boot state (i.e. the last game I played is still selected rather than having to scroll down the list, etc.) Also nice when I just need to crash, just push the button to hibernate windows and walk away, the computer shuts it all down for me without waiting around! |
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